Build a Developer's Linux Workstation - Complete Guide
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 19 พ.ค. 2024
- Please read the description to get the most out of this very LONG video!
You can go directly to the section that interests you with the Table of Contents below, or by using the new TH-cam “Chapters” feature in the video player.
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Today we will be doing a complete build of a Linux Workstation for developers. We will start with a “barebones” computer system, then we’ll install Linux and more than 15 different software applications.
In order to simplify things you can download a free ZIP file that contains the following:
- A PDF version of the article.
- A “Cheat Sheet”. A simple text file with every Linux command you will need to install the software
The workshop is in desperate need of a new workstation, so today I’m going to put one together. The new workstation will be based upon Ubuntu Linux and will have the following software and enhancements:
INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENTS (IDEs):
Arduino IDE
Platform IO (with Visual Studio Code)
PyCharm Python IDE (the article also shows the installation of Thonny IDE)
TEXT EDITING & MANIPULATION:
Geany text editor
Meld file difference comparator
Balena Etcher USB & SD Card burner
GIT Management - GiG and GitCola
COMMUNICATIONS & NETWORK TOOLS
FileZilla FTP and SFTP utility
XTerm terminal emulator
Angry IP Scanner
PCB & SCHEMATIC DESIGN TOOLS
KiCad
EasyEDA
GRAPHICS & MEDIA TOOLS
VLC Media Player & Recorder
Shutter screenshot utility with web enhancement
Peek animated GIF recorder
LINUX ENHANCEMENTS
Nemo file manager
XKill Hotkey to kill frozen applications
Remove Caps Lock
ChaseApp file search engine
I used an Intel NUC “barebones” computer for my workstation. You can build the same one I did, use another computer, configure an existing computer as a “dual-boot, or just enhance your current Linux workstation.
You can skip directly to the section that interests you by using the following Table of Contents or the new TH-cam “Chapters” feature in the video player:
00:00 - Introduction
07:18 - Workstation Requirements
13:10 - Building the Workstation (Intel NUC assembly)
21:06 - Installing Ubuntu Linux 20.04
25:00 - First Boot
27:28 - Format Work Drive
30:18 - Gedit and Terminal on Dock
32:13 - Nemo
34:21 - XKill Hotkey
36:28 - Turn off Caps Lock
39:13 - Install ChaseApp
44:03 - Install Arduino IDE & set USB permissions
52:02 - Install Visual Studio Code & PlatformIO
54:54 - Install PyCharm
57:04 - Install Geany
58:42 - Install Meld
1:01:01 - Install Balena Etcher
1:03:15 - GIT File Management (GitG & GitCola)
1:07:19 - Install FileZilla
1:09:05 - Install XTerm
1:11:09 - Install Angry IP Scanner
1:14:20 - Install KiCad
1:16:35 - Install EasyEDA
1:20:19 - Install VLC
1:21:12 - Install Shutter
1:23:32 - Install Peek
Between this video, the detailed article, and the “Cheat Sheet” you should have no problem building your own Linux Developers Workstation. - แนวปฏิบัติและการใช้ชีวิต
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I am watching the whole thing, one part at a time pausing to see what i DO have and DON'T installed. And once to eat.
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One of the best tutorials anywhere I've ever used. Thanks for the hard work and effort to put this together. A great resource!!
Oh this should be one of the most interesting yet! so glad I got the notification so quickly, I'm going to have to watch this one in a few installments. Keep up the good work my friend you're a pleasure to have as a teacher.
What a great Christmas gift I opened this morning. Great instructions and documentation. Thank you.
Perhaps one of the most simple and clearest videos I have come across. Your tone, language and presentation is incredibly succinct. Thank you. I am setting up a similar dev using my large laptop or mobile workstation with an external USB 1TB hd together with its internal SSD.
This guy is what we need to save humanity
Yeshhh
Aaymen to that
Couldn't agree more!
Yes, for all tte very helpless people that can’t Google for all these solutions…
How?
This couldn't come at a better time.. I am in the midst of building a Linux work station right now.. What a wonderful Christmas gift Bill.. I can't wait for the next few video's on the different applications you have brought up.. You have a MERRY CHRISTMAS and very happy and safe new year! Thanks again Bill your terrific!
I've been looking for some months now for exactly this topic. Thank you!!!!!
Clear and concise instructions made creating this computer an enjoyable task. You have become my favorite channel for this stuff. Keep up the good work! Much appreciated!
Thank you for this great share and tutorial. Your presentation is considerate, thorough, and complete. Your compassion for your audience and passion for your profession, and tools are boldly self-evident and keenly felt. Thank you for the massive amount of time, consideration, and attention you put into this! I suspect you've save me at least 2-6 months and probably much more. The years of knowledge and experience compressed into video are obvious. I have subscribed.
I really appreciate the time and effort you have taken to create this video. It is concise and well done and easy for anyone to follow. I'm a 20+ year veteran of Linux so I'm very familiar with the install processes of the programs. There are several programs you have shown that I didn't know about that I will be installing today. Thanks for the excellent video.
I love that every tiny detail you have prepared. Great job!
Even if I never delve back into the world of electronics, your video answered a lot of questions/difficulty I've had switching over to Linux. I thoroughly enjoyed this video and can't wait to watch more.
Bill, a big thank you for this video. I followed your step by step instructions and repurposed a last-gen laptop into a lightning quick Linux workstation. Thank you for the excellent video and great production quality.
Absolutely Awesome Job! I've used almost all the tools you presented, but never seen them all so well orchestrated so my next workstation I set up I won't be fumbling around and forgetting tools I forgot to install... Already downloaded the article cheat sheet!
This channel is solidly build. Effort has been put in, to break down the process described. I am playing WoW Classic, while listening and have bookmarked the video, for the next rebuild of a computer.
Thank you so much Sir, for putting out these absolute gems out there and also writing such detailed articles along with these videos.
I finally found the time to sit down and watch your video. As always you did't disappoint. I like the fact that you used the TH-cam Chapters function. Great computer selection. I'm sure we will see your new Mini Computer in action soon. As a Mac person (along with all the other platforms) I'm sure all the Mac Mini owners will be very jealous. Its almost 1 PM in sunny Vancouver so I must go and have lunch. Take care Bill and a Happy New Year to you and yours.
You are a great teacher. Thank you for the quality content. The channel is a boon to those who doesn't have access to quality teaching is their surrounding. ❤️🙏
HOT DAMN! I finished building my linux station and just followed this to do the software and now... I AM SOOO STOKED!!!! This is exactly what I have been needing.. a separate workstation for my projects!!! oh yeah.. uh huh.. Thanks Bill..Now I am gonna play through the night with my new baby..
If anyone deserves an award for making it through the video it’s Bill! This is epic! Every time a new video comes out I always think, “That was the best ever!” This might take the crown, though. Thanks a million, Bill. You are awesome. Happy Hollidays all.
All the comments above truly reflects your greatness. Everyone is wondering how you find so much time for this free service for techies all over the world !!!!!!!!
I was avoiding this video in my innumerable TH-cam "suggestions", not because of its length, but because I'm not a Linux user {yet}. I decided to take the plunge as I was looking for something of substance to watch. Man, was I not disappointed!
This was brilliant content from beginning to end, flawlessly scripted and edited. Thank you! 5 diamonds! Top shelf all the way!
Once again an absolute amazing video, not many can match these videos, the notes are perfect
Great detailed video. I use Linux a lot but haven't gotten that in-depth with Ubuntu. This was quite informative.
I also chuckled when you said "I'm going to search for Nemo". :)
Awesome format of information! I'm always impressed with the thoroughness of your videos. I've been watching them for quite some time now and have your lab as a great inspiration for organization and usability. I took a look at these NUCs, and wow, they're pretty pricey... Just getting the barebones is going to set us back $700 or so.
Quality content. Always amazed by how maticulously laid out your workshop is.
I would sleep and eat in there and never leave if I had a shop like his! :)
@@mikehensley78 Per his interview with Paul McWhorter, he doesn't allow food or drink in the workshop! :-)
@@MrConradF thats probably why it always looks nice.
@@MrConradFNot even Beer?!
new subscriber (maybe a week?), and so glad I discovered your channel! this video provides answers to about 12 questions I spent hours trying to find answers for online yesterday! I'm always excited to discover someone who doesn't skimp on detail or oversimplify.
I have watched a lot of Linux videos and this is by far the most comprehensive and understandable one I have ever watched. Hope you didn't learn all of this from having to repair your shop computer. :-)
I enjoy your simplicity and your great humbleness 👍
Thank you so very much for the time that you have spent to make this video. I haven't watched it yet but I already know that it is going to be packed with information and worth every minute spent watching it.
Hands down you're adding more value to people's lives than any other channel attempting to offer similar information! Thank you so much!!
Ben eater is awes too
Thank you for such a great detailed video and instructions. Although, I know a couple of things already, was an absolute pleasure to listen to you until the very end. :) I truly appreciate your effort in making this. Hats off!!
I watch all of it, and just did other things when things did not apply. You deserve the stats of a full view. Great video.
Thanks for this video, that was a great help! Im new to developing, and had already discovered a fair few of those tools, but when your new, you have no idea if your on the right track of not! So seeing you recommending them was a big positive step for me!
I love your content. It's enabling an aging maintenance worker to expand his horizons. Happy holidays and God bless all in your house.
Great Job documenting all this. Congrats !
What a absolutely fabulous video. Learned so much about installing software which I have allways struggled with. Thankyou so much.
Excellent coverage, right to the point and very useful even for Linux old salts! Thank you ☺️ and God may bless you and keep you healthy and sharp to provide your valuable contribution as a Teacher for the years to come!
Incredible! This has been a great beginning to a super project!
As always a fantastic teaching video. Can't wait for the next one. Thank you for your hard work.
Thank you for this great end-of-year gift! 💯
Thank you for your work. Even though I'm familiar with many of the things you mentioned, there are some that I've never thought about (like the Intel NUC, Nemo, or Peek). Your way of explaining things in a very easy way is great. Keep it up
An excellent video, very clear and understandable. Even as a professional IT specialist I really enjoyed this and learned something new too. Thank you.
Great video! I set up an additional Ubuntu desktop on spare hardware last weekend and was looking for a purpose for it.
This "how to" guide for installation of these apps was quite helpful. Granted, your install time is much quicker than mine. I only have a core2 duo processer.
This is such a useful video. (certainly for someone that is looking to give linux a try after using windows for 40 years).
Thank you very much.
I'm hardly new to this, so all pretty irelavent to me, but I can't help but enjoy your content and production. Very concise and well presented, any beginners should find your channel a real gold mine.
Simply 1st class content/delivery, if my classes were of the same standard i'd pay attention, you're instructive guide gives a glimpse of how we kickstart one's own learning in this material....
thankyou....
If you want to find a rough diamond in the desert, you have to search for a long time. Dronebot is such a rough diamond. Thank you for the excellent explanation of this subject, which is somewhat demanding for a beginner. I don't know anyone who can do it better.
Providing a PDF file is particularly helpful.
An excellent presentation. I never gave a thought to a workstation, a great idea. Merry Christmas to you and your family.
Haven't found a better tutorial on getting Linux machines going. thanks for your excellent work.
This was the perfect project for me since I am rolling up my selves and getting ready to build the second iteration of my home automation system. I even had a NUC lying around that I had put openSUSE on. It wouldn't install Ubuntu due to a secure boot bug/fault of some kind. I wound up installing Kubuntu on it instead and then went ahead and installed the tools you suggested.
As a technical course developer/instructor for 23 years, all I can say is Superb!
Hi Bill, Outstanding content as usual, thank you for the effort. All the best for the New Year mate! :)
That is a serious amount of memory for a NUC. I would guess you plan to run things other than the applications featured in this video, perhaps some VMs or minikube.
Really appreciate the level of organization and thoughtfulness you put into your videos and articles.
Excellent video. Thank you for sharing this information with us. I was not aware of the many excellent apps available for LINUX and will be adding this build to my upcoming projects.
Thank you for an amazingly interesting and informative demonstration. Very timely for me, too, as I was already in course of building a Ubuntu Developer Workstation. Your software suggestions are brilliant! The Cheat sheet is a marvellous idea. I'm now looking forward to your "PlatformIO" video.
Even being a long video, they are still engaging and always informative
Excellent video, I watched the entire thing. Thank you for sharing!
You are a great teacher. I am so glad to have found your videos! Thank You
Hmm, Linux is now a serious option for my next station. Thank you for this elaborate video!!! A lot of work has been put into this and it shows!
Excellent Video !!! Thanks for making it!! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year !!
You're so laid back and calm, your videos could almost be considered ASMR videos. Thanks for sharing all the info that you do. This is good stuff. I really like your workshop - so organized and complete.
Did not seem like 1.5 hrs. Thank you very much for this.
Always enjoyed your videos and learned something every time, thank you
that was a long journey, a smooth introduction to get along with linux :) gj
Thank You for this amazing video.
Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!
Stay healty
Excellent video. Thanks for taking the time to make it.
No worries...the longer the better because you are a great presenter and the content so interesting. Merry Christmas.
I love all your videos and thanks for this amazing one.
Any update on Building a Real Robot? I absolutely loved that series.
Wow, you did a great job making something complicated much simpler. Thanks
Finally got around to this. Excellent.
Another Great Video! Being a On and Off (Dual Boot) Linux User since late 1990's and a new Arduino user very informative Video! I did learn a lot indeed...Thanks!
Amazing content. Thanks for your commitment to the community. I"m a noob. Trying to automate some things as I get older.
So welcome to the workshop :))
Excellent. He explains everything in detail.
I love long YTs!! Never put off by them. Teach on, please!
He is the guy that we need
Very well explained from start to finish!!
A most excellent video! Keep them coming please!
done !!
Finally, it took me up to 3 hours !! 😓
Mistakes included of course !! 😏
I've been watching your videos for a while, thank you for your information and inspiration !! 👍
I am already looking forward to the next video !! 👊
Thanks Bill! I took a while to get back to this Vid. Installed lInux Mint on an old laptop, had to install snap manually as it is no longer comes with Mint. The part on permissions explains the problems i had on my NUC running tasmotizer, to install on a Zigbee bridge. Thanks again.
Best ever Mr Dronebot really useful even to a seasoned developer! Thank you
EXTREMELY useful information! Many thanks!
This was a tour de force. You are the Obi Wan Kenobi of technoElectronico. Amazing.
Many thanks for your Time and afford to do this (and not only) and SHARE it with us !!!!
Thank you very much Bill. Wish you merry Christmas and very best new year
A great video with very usefull applications. I will use them for my next Linux installation.
Always learning in this channel!
So many great recommendations. Keen to check out some of these.
I particularly liked the education on the apps. Didn't know about many of them
Truly amazing softwares and taste of choice
@33:09 LOL Finding Nemo... Agree with others, great content as always. Would love to have a workshop like yours. Back in high school (1998-1990), took 2 years vocational electronics, and used to have a heck of a setup in my basement. I still have in storage the Heathkit Oscilloscope I built in those classes. Now I just build digitally :)
Excellent work... I learned a lot. Thank you
Very detailed, step-by-step building ubuntu comp. Thanks a lot!
Thanks for the excellent video so didactically organized. I'm going to repurpose one of my old PCs into a Linux box and he made things simple for one place search. This video and the description are already in one of my technical repositories (I have one just for Linux, etc).
Welcome to 2021 keep up the great work
Beautifully done! Thank you sir
This is one of the most interesting video!!!! Thanks a LOT!!!
Excellent, once again,.. Have a great Holiday period,.. cheers
Please take my previous comments constructively. As someone who has been in the UNIX/Linux world almost 30 years, I know that every day is a school day. Your video was very interesting and informative. Thank you for posting.